Production Engineer

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Date:May 15, 2024

Location: Pargua, CL, 5570000

Company: IFF Family of Companies

Job Description

Join IFF in creating a culture of excellence!

If you are looking to grow in a diverse team with opportunities to make a difference, then our Production Engineer role is for you!

In this role you will support and drive results in a Carrageenan production unit. You will be responsible to support the production team to achieve quality, capacity, and cost improvement goals.

This is an opportunity to gain experience running a unit. You will participate in cross-functional team activities. In this role, you will be challenged, and you will be encouraged to grow and learn.

The Production Engineer utilizes a broad understanding of the unit operations processes and procedures to provide analysis, give instruction, plan, compile information, and work collaboratively with others to meet daily production plans. The role has responsibility for assessing the quality, robustness, and capability of the process and making decisions, with others, to halt or modify production as needed if the process does not meet quality and/or safety standards.

The incumbent must be able to interact effectively with plant personnel at all levels to influence desired outcomes and foster an environment of Collaboration, Camaraderie, and Commitment.

Responsibilities:

Typical duties of the job include:

• Support production unit activities to meet Safety, Health and Environmental Goals.

• Drive Quality / Food Safety, Production, and Cost Improvement activities

• Provide technical support for specific manufacturing unit(s) including monitoring performance metrics, monitoring OEE data, troubleshooting, and investigating product quality issues.

• Investigate and resolve production issues such as schedule delays, process disruptions, equipment failures, and other production-related concerns with a cross-functional team (Operations, Engineering, Maintenance, and Quality Control)

• Manage unit Process Safety Management (PSM) aspects including Management of Change (MOC) and Pre-startup Safety Reviews (PSSR)

• Lead the safety effort and continuously maintain/build safety culture

• Provide Unit subject matter expertise/process knowledge to all functions (e.g., Maintenance, Manufacturing Technology, Quality, etc.)

• Uses scientific and engineering methodologies to design and plan experiments to support the development of production improvements.

• Coordinate Unit maintenance activities utilizing the Work Management Process (WMP) and in collaboration with the Maintenance Coordinator and Maintenance staff.

• Provide expertise during plant start-ups and shut downs.

• Establish effective communications systems throughout the unit focused on sharing information and engaging employees in the success of the facility.

• Perform job duties in a manner that follows food safety and quality guidelines including HACCP, GMPs, QA Policies, Sanitation, and Pest Control.

Job Requirements

• Industrial engineering degree with greater than 2 years’ experience in an industrial environment or process engineering role.

• Demonstrated ability to collect and analyze data, identify solutions, assess risk factors, and make sound production decisions.

• Familiar with Process Safety Management practices including MOC and PSSR and role model strong safety standards.

• Demonstrated effective oral and written communication skills.

• Proficiency in application of Microsoft products.

Preferred skills and experience include:

• Demonstrated knowledge of solids drying y milling technologies, distillation process, wastewater solids processing

• Experience with capital project management

• Familiar with environmental regulatory reporting.

• Familiar with Work Management Process and maintenance best practices.

• Familiar with Root Cause Failure Analysis (RCFA)

• Demonstrated ability to use key computer-based tools including SAP, SharePoint, ETQ Reliance

• Six Sigma Certification

Preferred:

5 plus years' experience in a food manufacturing or chemical environment.

Desire to grow and lead in a plant environment.

We are a global leader in taste, scent and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.

Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more.